German Shepherds King and Queen, Greenfield Village Security Dogs, with their Handlers, June 1977

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Artifact Overview

Dogs have served in many capacities at Greenfield Village over the years. German Shepherds, King and Queen, and their human handlers patrolled the grounds of Greenfield Village in the late 1970s. Security officers at the Village employed the Shepherds to improve safety -- the brother and sister pair were not attack dogs but alerted their handlers to the presence of intruders.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Date Made

16 June 1977

Subject Date

16 June 1977

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.1929.N.B.77953

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 4 in
Width: 5 in